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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 35. Delle Valley Orchestra Plays For Freshman Ball Senate Committee Recesses Without Reporting on Finds Committee With Brownlee as Head Commits Nothing Until More Evidence is Presented The State Senate investigating committee looking into the resignation of Dr. T. O. Walton, former president of Texas A. & M. College, and the failure by the school’s Board of Directors to re-elect H. H. Williamson as director of the Extension Service, recessed after ♦ hearing testimony from the Board of Directors and Mr. Williamson at Austin Thursday. No formal report was made by the investigating committee which is headed by Senator Houghton Brownlee of the 20th Texas sena torial district. Saying the committee had other matters to consider, and that while it had no other witnesses to inter rogate now in regard to recent administrative changes at Texas A. & M., Chairman Brownlee add ed, ‘‘the matter is ' still open if anyone has any information that should be brought to our atten tion.” F. M. Law, president of the Board of Directors, told the com mittee that Dr. Walton’s resigna tion was accepted at the August 7 meeting of the board because of ill health, and that he was opposed to retaining Mr. Williamson part ly because “he was perhaps a little too politically-minded.” Williamson, veteran of 32 years with the Extension Service and its director the past eight years, as serted that he had not played poli tics and that he did not know why he was not reelected as head of the Extension Service. One member of the Board of Directors testified that no specific charges were brought against Mr. Williamson when his connection with the Extension Service was under consideration at the August 7 board meeting, but at the Austin hearing some directors gave their personal reasons why his reelection was opposed. Some directors were of the opinion Mr. Williamson was not keeping abreast of the times, that he was too “soft-hearted” to dismiss inefficient employees. President Law declared the di rectors had never questioned Mr. Williamson’s honesty, integrity or character, that Williamson’s re employment had been discussed at board meetings from time to time and that he was not reappointed because the directors thought the best interests of the Texas A. & M. College would be served by making a change. Mr. Law and other directors de nied that their action was influ enced in any way by pressure from any other agency, state or federal. Additional testimony by Wil liamson was: “While I do not ques tion the authority of the board to discharge me, I question the wis dom and justice of a policy of dis pensing with my services without giving me a hearing. My case is water under the bridge but the important thing is that it does not happen to others.” One director, John C. Burns of Fort Worth, testified he voted to reelect Williamson as director of Extension. Regarding Dr. Walton’s resigna tion, Mr. Law stated: “He sent in a letter of resignation assigning as his reason a matter of ill-health. The record of the board shows it was accepted and Dr. Walton was A.A.U.P. Meets in Sbisa Lounge Room August 24 at 8 P. M. Aims and Achievements Of Local Organization Theme of Discussion The local chapter of A. A. U. P. will hold an open meeting Tuesday evening August 24 at 8:00 o’clock in the lounge of Sbisa Hall. At this meeting two pertinent ques tions will be discussed: the gen eral aims and objectives of A. A. U. P., and the accomplishments of the local organization. A vigorous program for the com ing year is being outlined by the program committee under the di rection of Dr. W. P. Taylor. Sev eral prominent local men, as well as men of the campus who are qualified to discuss questions per taining to teaching and education, have been invited to address the local A. A. U. P. group. The American Association of University professors is a nation al organization. Membership com prises men and women engaged in research and teaching who are interested in promoting a healthy attitude toward teaching and re search. Greater teaching efficiency is encouraged, to the end that rec ognition may be given the teach ing profession and able men and women engaged in it. More spec- ificially, the interest of local A. A. U. P. is directed toward making Texas A. & M. College the leading educational institution in the South west. Ernst Hoffman, conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra which will play for Town Hall on Thursday, August 26, at Kyle Field explains the art of music making to a young music lover. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Town Hall Presents Ernst Hoffman’s Hon. Symphony USO Center Nears Completion; Need Items of Equipment Directors of the Bryan USO Club announced this week that altera tion and repair work on the Down town Center, 210 West 26th Street, Bryan, will soon be completed. The Country Club unit, and the USO for colored service men are both now undergoing renovations. It is hoped that work on these two projects will be completed by the 'end of this month. The USO has announced that several items are still needed with which to equip the club rooms. Listed are such things as desks, office chairs, typewriters, griddles, electric refrigerators, electric fans, toasters, and soft drink mixers. Persons wishing to sell, loan, or donate such items to the USO should phone 2-1318 or write P. O. Box 153, Bryan. Concert to be Held on Kyle Field on August 26th at 8 in Evening During the summer of 1940, the Houston Symphony Society held seven free concerts through the efforts of Hubert Roussel of the Houston Post and N. D. Naman, who furnished funds to the spon sors of the summer concerts. The Symphony Orchestra is playing its fourth summer of open- air concerts. Sixteen performances are to be held in the Houston parks—eight at Herman Park on Wednesday nights at Miller Me morial Theater and eight in sev eral neighborhood parks. Audiences have grown from an estimated 12,000 to three times this number. This is the largest crowd held in Houston. This year by donations from the public and by an appropriation from the City of Houston, suffi cient funds were received to partly pay for the expenses. The balance was furnished by the Houston Sym phony Society. A larger program is already being planned for next summer because of the enormous (See TOWN HALL, Page 4) Movies of Latin America Shown at Assembly Hall Sun. Free to Men on Campus Everyone Invited to Show Beginning at 4 Free movies on this Sunday at the Assembly Hall at four o’clock should create considerable interest as their subject is Latin America. Americans All proposes to pro mote interesting and friendly re lations between the Americans of the Western Hemisphere. Animated maps show dates of European and the dates of freedom of these coun tries. Scenes show their resources, occupations, industries, sports, edu cation, and the advance of science in treating tropical diseases, and the importance of trade relations between the Americas today. Both the photography and the comment ary by Julian Bryan are excellent. Introduction to Haiti is a color film with narration by Milton Cross. The movie includes the usual tourist’s trip around Port Au Prince, the capital, and through the city of Cap Haitien. The story of Haiti, which became one of the first independent negro nations in the world is given also. Mexican Moods shows the varied aspects of modern day Mexico, with personalities ranging from political figures to famed enter tainers, such as Cantainflas, and Mapi Cortex. A visit to Taxco is included, and the film ends with an Aztec festi val. People of Two Worlds is a brief color study of Yucatan, ancient and modern, with emphasis on the Mayan Indians, their old civiliza tion and their modern one. The film ends with attendance at a Lenten house party and the per formance of a Native dance, the Jarana. A 10 minute film on the WACs in the Army will be also shown. This picture, entitled “We’re In the Army Now”, is designed to show the public what the WACs really do in the service and how they are succeeding at their jobs. It should prove interesting to all. General Reveille... Plans to Enlist Reveille as General in the W.AC.'s Begin Fish and Frogs Dance at Grove August 27, 9 ’til 1 Leader Conducted Own Band; Brings 16 Pieces and Vocalist; Price Will Be $1.50 The Delle Valley Orchestra sponsored by Second Lt. John L. Griffin, has agreed to play for the Freshman Ball which is to be held in the grove Friday night, August 27 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. No Kampus Kapers Due to the fact that Richard Jenkins is out of town this weekend there will be no Kam pus Kapers show tonight as has been the usual Saturday night pre-dance proceedure. Next week at the usual time and place however, Jenkins will carry on with a show bigger and better than ever. Singing Cadets To Appear In Dallas The Singing Cadets, under the direction of Richard Jenkins, will have a representative group in Dallas this weekend. The group will consist of a dou ble octet and will make sing ing appearances at the First Meth odist Church, Tyler St. Church, and at the Dallas U. S. O. center. At 10:00 a.m. this morning the bunch will leave for Dallas. They will return early Monday morn ing. Everyone wishes them the best of luck and hopes that they will bring more glory to the Singing Cadets of Aggieland. Aggies Scarce In Nazi Prison Camp Says Ex According to Lt. Willard S. Thomas, ex-Aggie of 1939, the one place Texas Aggies are hard to find in this war in a German prison camp. He sent a card to an Aggie with the following words: “I am a pris- elected president emeritus. The 0ncr o£ " ar ^ Germany and this board went just as far as it felt it! ,s ., on ( e P ,a f th f 1 haVent ,‘ e f” ,, , n • .,. able to find an Aggie. It would be could go legally in providing fi- , . , - . . . , .. T . , , . a pleasure to hear from my fnends. nancial compensation. It voted to- ,, , ,, . . . , . * „ , * tfion/in Be g Ia 4 when this is over. Would pay him a full salary of $12,000 ... e> . . .. ,. - ... . like to see a football game this for the first year of his resigna- | „ tion and one-half salary for the y * _ , second ear ” Lt. Thomas was a squadron com- s n yea . mander somewhere in the European H. H. Williamson had been voted theater of war and it is presumed his regular salary for three that he was shot down over Ger- months, this being on the basis I many unharmed and taken prison- of $7,500 a year. er. By Sylvester Boone General Reveille of the W. A. C.’s. Does that sound alright with everyone? You wouldn’t want her to be a mere private, would you? Nothing is too good for Rev, the mascot of all the Aggies at Ag gieland so we will enlist her as a general in the W. A. C.’s. Maybe you would like to know whether I am crazy or not, but to save you from wondering, I will en deavor to explain the plan that is being cooked up to enlist Rev. It all started when a letter came from a Fort Worth woman who had just seen “We’ve Never Been Licked” and of course, Re veille. The letter, naturally, was addressed to Miss Reveille of Tex as A. & M, College Station, Texas, and marked personal. After read ing her letter, Rev turned it over to the proper authorities and we are now in the midst of a cam paign to get Rev in the W.A.C.’s as a general. The K-9 corps is that corps which is made up of dogs that have gone to the army to do their part toward winning the war. But, just as in the regular army, there are some 4-F’s. These canine 4-F’s do their part by being enlisted in the K-9 corps by their masters at the rate of $1 for privates and up to $100 for generals. Incidentally, Fal la, President Roosevelt’s white house dog is a private. The cost is $10 for every dog that is enlisted in the K-9 corps to be processed and sent off to a training camp. The army pays for the actual training of the dogs for war, but it is this plan of rais ing money from 4-F enlistments that pays for the processing. Af ter being trained, a dog sets its “traveling orders” to the battle fronts where they perform heroic deeds such as guarding a wounded soldier until help can arrive, de livering messages to other units of the armed services in the same field of battle, and similar duties that a trained war dog can do. Dogs of the K-9 corps have prov en their worth, but as said before, they need to be processed before actually entering the corps and thenr they have to be trained as for away. Processing of dogs takes quite a sum of money and since the army does not have money to pay for this, people who own dogs are asked to enlist their dogs in the corps as a 4-F member if he has a physical disability or if he does not meet the other standards set up by the war department as being physically fit to become a member of the K-9 corps. All of the money that is received from people with their enlistment pap ers goes to process the physically fit canines who are accepted into the service. There are different ranks that a dog may be enlisted but along with this comes a different price at tached to each rank. The follow ing ranks and prices are being listed to give you an idea of what we could pay if we did not all agree that Rev should be a gen eral right off the bat: For a buck private, we would need $1; pri vate first class, $2; corporal, $3; sergeant, $5; lieutenant, $10; cap tain, $15; major, $20; colonel, $25; brigardier general, $50; major general, $75; and general, $100. I feel, as most others feel, that Rev should be nothing lower than a general. So that we can put Rev up for general in the W.A.C.’s, we must have the cooperation of all the Aggies, Aggie loyals, and anyone else who would like to see Rev advanced from her civilian status to that of a four star general. Plans are being made to have a box put up in the rotunda of the Academic building, at the news stand west of Milner, and at the west door of Sbisa Hall. Any amount of money (preferably 25<* ) will be enough to take care of en listing Rev in the W.A.C.’s to the rank that she should be. How about it, Aggies and Aggie fans, are we going to see that Rev is promoted to the rank of general in the W. A. C.’s? W. L. Goble, Jr. Gets Commission As 2nd Lieutenant ATLANTA, GA., Aug. 11—Wil liam Lee Goble, Jr., 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Goble, Sr., Waco, Texas, today was commis sioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps after success fully completing the rugged offi cer training course at the Marine Corps School at Quantico, Virgi nia. The new lieutenant will now begin a two-month advanced course at Quantico, before being assigned to lead Marines in bat tle. His commission was awarded at a colorful ceremony at the Leatherneck school. Lieut. Goble attended Texas A. & M. College, College Station, Texas, where he took short cours es in mathematics, chemistry and trade school. His cousin, PFC J. E. Richards, is also in the U. S. Marine Corps, and his brother, John E. Goble, is a 1st Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. Sgt. Jack Ream, former mem ber of Glen Gray’s Casa Loma Orchestra is maestro df the 16- member band from Delle Valley Air Field near Austin. For a number of years Sgt. Ream con ducted his own orchestra playing in the Sapphire Room of the Wash ington Hotel, Indianapolis. His civilian band is now engaged in Alexandria, La. One of the most prominent fea tures of the band is the pretty eighteen-year-old vocalist, Lu cille Garza. Miss Garza has sung for orchestras around Austin and over numerous radio stations. The band can be described as “strictly solid with numerous novelties to provide entertainment.” The finance committee has set the price of tickets at $1.50 (stag or drag). Tickets are being print ed and will be on sale by the first of next week. Arrangements are being made for the vacation of a dormitory for the freshman dates. All reserva tions should be completed by the evening of the 26th. The grove will be decorated in maroon and white with the Ag gie seal as a centerpiece. No for mal invitations will be issued but there will be programs for each couple at the dance. Juke Box Prom To Be In Grove Tonight The regular Juke Box Prom will be held in the Grove from 8:30 ’till 11:30 tonight. As has been the usual custom all those Aggies or Servicemen who bring dates will be admitted free. Everyone is invited, however, and the admission price for those com ing stag will be 25tf. Some new records have been se cured so there will be plepty of jive and sweet music. Cardwell Has Two New Planes; 5 Men Get Pilot License News from Cardwell Flight Academy discloses the purchase of two new planes. Both are 3-place cub cruisers. One was bought in Mexia and the other in Louisiana. Claude Edge and Cemeron Webb recently bought an Aeronca 5-by-5 plane together. On Wednesday, August 11, pri vate pilot licenses were given to Claude Edge, Cameron Webb, Coulter Hoppess, Dr. Charles Moore and Bill Dryden. Saturday, August 21— 6:02 a.m.—Texas Farm and Home Program—TQN. Extension—Eugenia Woods and W. H. Phillips Treasury—Jack Criswell 11:20 a.m.—Musical Moment 11:25 a.m. — Today’s Summary on the Home Front 11:30 a.m.—Your Neighbor, Mex ico—Dr. A1 B. Nelson 11:40 a.m.—Dramatized News Event 11:45 a.m.—News Summary—Dr. Ralph Steen 11:55 a.m.—News Interviews. 12:00 a.m.—Sign-Off Sunday, August 22— 8:30 a.m.—Music by Master Composers 9:10 a.m.—Let’s Go to Church 9:15 a.m.—Hymns of'All Church es 9:30 a.m.—Sign-Off Monday, August 23 — 6:02-6:14:40 a.m. — Texas Farm and Home Program — TQN. Horticulture — S. H. Yamell Animal Husbandry — J. K. Riggs 11:20 a.m.—Musical Moment LSO DANCE SATURDAY 11:25 a.m.—Today’s Summary on NIGHT AT COUNTRY CLUB the Home Front Battalion 4 of the Young Worn-j 11:30 a.m.—School of Engineer- en’s Service Club will be hostess ing. at the dance for service men to be held Saturday night at the Bryan Country Club. Mrs. W. P. Moore is sponsor of Battalion 4. 11:40 a.m.—Science News of the week 11:45 a.m. — Singing Cadets 11:55 a.m.—News — Interviews. 12:00 a.m.—Sign-Off